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89% of Spigit customers are leveraging ideation to create a culture of innovation. In an article on their blog , Commonwealth Bank describes how their internal ideation program – CommBank Intrapreneur – has been instrumental in transforming its culture. So, how does ideation and creating intrapreneurs – also known as someone within a company who takes risks – enable culture shift? Creating a culture of innovation through ideation. MORE
To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Research to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing Spigit’s ideation management software. To quantify the complete value of Spigit’s ideation management, Forrester analysts conducted in-depth interviews with business leaders from five long-time customers in order to measure the total economic impact over four years. MORE
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